Sistine Chapel

Artists:

• Michelangelo

Michelangelo, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, was an Italian sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, known for many art pieces, primarily the Sistine Chapel.

March 6, 1475-February 18, 1574

• Sandro Botticelli

Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, also known as Sandro Botticelli, is known for his paintings of the Madonna and Child, altarpieces and frescoes such as those on the Sistine Chapel, and his life-size mythological pictures. His nickname, Botticelli, comes from "botticello", or "small wine cask".

1445-May 17, 1510

• Raphael (Raffaelo Sanzio)

Raphael, full name Raffaelo Sanzio or Raffaelo Santi, is best known for his Birth of Venus and Primavera, symbolizing the Florentine Reniassance period. He is known for the Madonnas and his works in the Sistine Chapel, involving his visual composition and clarity displaying the Neoplatonic ideal of the human being.

April 6, 1483-April 6, 1520